Fireplace attachment.



W. H. SLAPPEY.

FIREPLACE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26,1913.

1,1 1 1,036, Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

Attorneys WILLIAM H. sLAPPEY, or H'oPEwELL, ALA AMA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known thatI, WVILLIAM H. SLAPPEY,

v y a citizen of the United States, residing at Hopewell, in the county of Cleburne and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Fireplace Attachment, of wihch thefollowing is a specification. Thisinvention relates to a fireplace attachment andone of its objects is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive device which can be used in'connection with a grate ofxany type, said attachment constituting means for regulating the draft through the deviceso, that lightashes, dust,and various'ob-j'ectionable gases will be caused to pass upwardly through the chimneyand cannot .blowinto theroom from the fireplace.

'A further object is to provide an attachmentof this character whichwill not inter-.

fere with the ventilation of the room in which the fireplace is located. I Another object is to provide improved means for deflecting heated air fromthe fireplace and into the. room. M J

With the foregoing and other objects in view which willappear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the attachment. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section therethrough in position within a fireplace. Fig. 3 is a section on line A-B Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a substantially vertical back plate having feet 2 at the lower end thereof for holding the same in an upright position. The back plate 1 has transverse cleats upon the front face thereof the upper cleat 4 constituting a support for a damper plate 5, which is mounted on the cleat. An opening 6 is formed inxthe plate back of the damper and extending through this opening is a flexible element 7 one end of which is attached to the damper 5 while the other end has a weight 8 fastened to FIREPLACE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 26, 1913.

understood that y Patented sept. 22, 1914. Serial No. 769,988; l

it and suspended back of the plate. The lower end of the back plate 1: has an opening 11 for the passage of air to the rear of said plate. A space 11 is formed under the plate 1 and between the feet 2 so "as to permit air to clrculate freely under the plate. Secured on the back of the plate 1 at the upper end thereof is a plate 12 having attaching bolts be seated in apertures 14. W0 serles of these apertures are preferably provided, one series for each bolt, and

This plate 12 serves to holdthe upper end of the plate 1 spaced from the back wall of the.

chimney and also to hold the backplate "lin proper relation .to the front wall of the c imney so that, the damper plate 5 will alnilays be in proper relation tothe chimney wa r In the drawings an open fireplace has been indicated at C and a grate orbasket has been indicated at D. The attachment-constituting the present inventionis adapted Fig. 2

however, this damper is closed, the impure air and ashes will flow through the space 11 and passage 15, thus insuring proper ventilation in the room.

It has been found that by using this device light ashes and dust dropping to the bottom of the fireplace from the grate will be movable'into and out of position across that 40 ortion of the chimney between the front wall thereof and the back plate, the lower end of the back plate having an opening for the passage of air to the rear of said plate and a rearwardly. extending plate ad- 45 justably mounted upon the rear face of the a back plate and adapted to engagethe back wall of the chimney, there being openings and into-the'pa'ssage back of plate 1 and I at the sides of said rearwardly extending.

thence to, the chimney, the first draft being plate for the passage of gases entering under '50 provided for the purpose of supporting comthe back plate. g p bustion while the second draft is employed :2. The combination with a chimney havto carry off the heavy gases, the light ashes ing a fireplace opening and a grate, of .a 15 and the dust. It will be seen that the side vertical back plate back ofthe'grate', courses edges, of the plate 12 converge rearwardly of fire bricks supporteduponthe:front ver-1 55 (see- Fig; 3-) so that air spaces or passages tical face of the back plate, the upper courses 16 are thus produced between the side walls overhanging the grate, a tiltable 1 damper of; thechimney and the plate 12. It will be 20 noted by? referring to the drawings that the fire bricks 10 are arranged inhorizontal courses, one above the other, the upper courses extending forwardly greater distances: than the lower courses. Thus an overhanging effect can be produced even though a vertical back plate 1 is used and, consequently, the heat willbe deflected into thezroom more efficiently than would otherwise befthe case. 7 What is claimed is 1- 1;;The combination with a chimney having" a *fiireplace opening and a grate, of" a carried off by thestrong draft set upthrough the space 11 and up the chimney and, therefore, the scattering of ashes, late, in the room from the fireplace is reduced to the minimum. 5 It will be apparent that by using this attach ment practically two up drafts are produced, one being through the grate and between the attachment and the front wall of the chimney, while the other draft is under the grate into and out of position across that'portion of the chimney, between the front;wall thereof and the back plate, thedowenend:

Ea rearwardly extending plate wadjusta'bly amounted upon the rear face of the back plate and adapted to engage the back wall ofthe :chimney, there being openings atuthefsides of said rearwardly I extending plate for: the

%passage of gases extending under the back iplate. 7 1

' In testimony that I claim. the foregoing verticalback plate back of the rate, courses as rny: own,I have hereto aflixed my" signaof'fire'bricks supported upon t e front verture in the presence of two witnessesu 35 tical'face of the back plate, the upper 1 "WILLIAM 2 courses overhanging the grate, a damper E loosely mounted ina' seat formed by the top Witnesses: g co'urse'of inclined fire bricks and the ex- 1 JFG. BALDWIN,

tended upper-part? of the back plate, and J. W. STOKES.

cs iesbrtms gtenc may be obtainedfor five cents ach, bi ama si g clifiimlssfoher of 1 washin'gtom'mfl." I V i supported by the upper course and movable" 0f the back plate having an opening: for the Q @passage of air tothe rear ofsaid'plate, and '7 

